[sustran] Key outcomes Transport Day 2013

[Cornie Huizenga]

Dear All,

After much hard work we did pull it off; to raise the attention for
sustainable transport at the COP 19 meeting in Warsaw, Poland.

Yesterday, representatives from SLoCaT handed over the Warsaw Statement on
Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana
Figures (http://www.slocat.net/news/1102).

At the time of adoption the Warsaw
Statement<http://www.slocat.net/transportday2013/warsaw-declaration>
had
been endorsed by over 110 organizations and 400 individuals. Since then
several more people have endorsed the document at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/warsaw-declaration. It is the intention to
keep collecting endorsements till the SG's Climate Summit in September
2014.

Please take a look at the Transport Day 2013 Press
release<http://www.slocat.net/sites/default/files/u10/transport_day_2013_press_release-19_november_2013_-_final.pdf>.
Our favourite quote comes from SG Ban Ki-moon, who in his
message<http://www.slocat.net/sites/default/files/u10/sgs_message_final_transport_day_warsaw_17_nov_13.pdf>
to
the participants of transport day stated:  *"**The commendable work of the
Bridging the Gap Initiative and the Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon
Transport demonstrates the value of multi-stakeholder partnerships.  The
$175 billion voluntary commitment of the world’s eight largest development
banks at Rio+20 has helped to make sustainable transport a significant
feature of discussions on the post-2015 development agenda". *

All presentations of Transport Day 2013 will be posted online in the coming
days. A full report will be prepared by Bridging the Gap and the SLoCaT
Partnership. An initial summary
report<http://www.slocat.net/sites/default/files/u10/crsvol217num1e.pdf>
of
Transport Day 2013 has been prepared by IISD.  They also produced a short 7
minute video on Transport Day 2013, which can be seen at
http://www.slocat.net/transportday2013/media.

Participants expressed their support to have a follow-up Transport Day in
2014 at COP20 in Lima, Peru.  In addition, it is expected that SLoCaT and
Bridging the Gap will also contribute in a significant manner to the
Secretary General's Climate Summit in September.

We would like to request you to disseminate these outcomes of Transport Day
2013 widely in your networks.

Thank you also on behalf of Bridging the Gap.
-- 
Cornie Huizenga
Joint Convener, SLoCaT Partnership
317 Xianxia Road, B 1811
200051 Shanghai, China

www.slocat.net
@SLOCATcornie
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<http://www.slocat.net/transportday2013>